# the containers made of gold or silver This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the gold or silver containers that the Israelites had made" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) # containers These were cups and other items that were small enough for a person to hold and to drink from them. # Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken Here "Nebuchadnezzar" refers to Nebuchadnezzar's army. Alternate translation: "his father Nebuchadnezzar's army" or "the army of Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])